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How to Handle Summer Rain Not Reaching the Flower Bed

Some parts of your yard, such as those under trees and overhangs, may not receive much or any rain. Learn how to care for plants that aren't getting enough water.

Feeding & Watering

How to Handle Summer Rain Not Reaching the Flower Bed

Some parts of your yard, such as those under trees and overhangs, may not receive much or any rain. Learn how to care for plants that aren't getting enough water.

Bugs

9 Ways to Get Rid of Vegetable Garden Bugs

Are you looking for ways to get rid of pesky garden insects? Check out our go-to garden bug control tips.

Plant Browning & Dying

Why Are My Clematis Vines Turning Brown?

Learn how to treat fungus-caused clematis wilt, which causes the plant to collapse and die suddenly.

Fruits, Veggies & Herbs

Why Aren’t My Tomato Plants Producing?

Planting tomato seedlings in the spring is simple, but it can take up to 8 weeks to sprout. But what if they stop growing once they sprout? Find out what to do if your tomato plants aren't producing.

Pruning

Should Flowers Be Cut Back in the Summer?

Cutting a plant almost to the ground in the middle of the growing season may sound harsh, but it is sometimes the best thing you can do for it.

Landscape Design

How to Build a Rain Garden

One of the most effective ways to limit flooding of streams and rivers and to keep polluted runoff out of waterways is to retain as much rain as possible where it falls. In landscaping, a growing way to do that is by planting a rain garden.

Plant Selection

5 Invasive Plants and Their Alternatives

Whether you’re yanking invasives or trying to avoid problems with your new purchases, here are 5 plants considered to be invasive followed by similar alternatives, many of which are native species.

Trees & Shrubs

How Weeds Can Kill Trees

The majority of weeds are short, fast-growing invaders that, at worst, wilt our lawns or transform our garden beds into mini-jungles. However, some weeds are large and strong enough to kill even mature shade trees.

Soil Improvements & Composting

How to Make Your Own Potting Mix

Those big bags of potting mix can get expensive, especially for gardeners who plant a lot of containers. Find out how to make your own or stretch a purchased bag of potting mix.

Plant Selection

Add the 2022 Color of the Year to Your Garden

Pantone's 2022 color of the year is a new shade of blue with violet-red undertones called Very Peri. Find out which plants resemble this color and which plants complement this color well in the garden.

Fruits, Veggies & Herbs

10 Vegetables That Provide the Best Payback

Check out these 10 vegetables that have been known to produce better with minimal growing efforts.

Weed Notes

Weeds That Hurt Us

Weeds can be more than cosmetic nuisances that tarnish the look of a tended landscape. Some of them can be harmful and even deadly when ingested. Find out which weeds you should be avoiding contact with.

Division, Propagation & Seed Starting

How to Avoid Transplant Shock

Plants react differently when moving from one location to another. Find out how you can avoid "transplant shock" when migrating your plants.

Division, Propagation & Seed Starting

Why Are My Plants Failing to Thrive?

Plants aren't always happy where you put them. Good plants appear to sulk, scarcely grow, or worse – start down the path to a slow death.

Annuals

5 Best New Annual Flowers of 2022

Check out this new crop of annual flowers that debuted this spring.

Trees & Shrubs

7 Trees That Can Withstand the Heat

These 7 trees can handle high temperatures in warmer southern climates and hot summers in the north.

Tools & Equipment

8 Must-Have Gardening Tools

Whether you’re new to gardening or a veteran, you’ll get your work done more efficiently if you have the right tool for the job. Read more about 8 must-have tools for gardening.

Landscape Design

Five Hot Gardening Trends of 2022

What’s in store for 2022 gardening? Check out these five trends that industry watchers believe are brewing.

Fruits, Veggies & Herbs

Award-Winning New Edible Plants of 2022

Check out these new, award-winning vegetables of 2022.

Perennials

Five Best New Perennials of 2022

Growers and garden centers have some interesting new and compact twists on tap for several favorite perennial flowers as spring 2022 unfolds.

Get Rid of Weeds

Beat the Weeds? Stop the Seeds

Beating the weeds is no easy chore. The real task is stopping the seeds from germinating. Read more on how to stop the seeds from spreading in your lawn or garden.

Get Rid of Weeds

How to Tackle Crabgrass in the Lawn & Garden

Crabgrass is one of the most common weeds we spot in our lawns and gardens. Read more to find out how to get down and dirty with crabgrass.

Get Rid of Weeds

How it Works: Preen Garden Weed Preventers

Here's how our Garden Weed Preventers prevent weeds before they even sprout rather than killing them after they’ve already had the chance to grow.

Plant Selection

Top 10 Early Bloomers

These 10 bulbs, perennials, or shrubs are hot out of the gate after a long and cold winter which makes them great candidates for your garden.

Get Rid of Weeds

2022 Spring Weed Control Guide

Take back the yard with this springtime weed-control game plan for three key areas of the yard.

Get Rid of Weeds

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Pruning

Why a Plant Changes Its Look

Sometimes plants suddenly change their look, sprouting branches that aren’t common in its shape. Read about why this happens and what to do about it.

Seasonal Tasks

4 Landscape Jobs to Skip this Fall

Though it may feel like there are a lot of tasks to complete in your landscape once fall arrives, there are a handful of them you can skip.

Trees & Shrubs

Garden Guide: Drought-Tolerant Flowering Shrubs

Adding drought tolerant flowering shrubs to your landscape gives you an easy way to add beauty to your landscape.

Get Rid of Weeds

Going After Weeds in the Off-Season

Weed seeds hide within the soil throughout the winter, so it’s important to get rid of and prevent weeds during the off season.

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